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• Bombings, bombardments kill across Syria (Reuters)
• Asia giants join Iran diplomacy as sanctions hurt trade (Reuters)
• Syria draft resolution reaches U.N. assembly after veto (Reuters)
• Insight: Arms and men out of Libya fortify Mali rebellion (Reuters)
• UK to "robustly" defend Falklands, Argentina seeks U.N. aid (Reuters)
• European Budgets Cut Back on Green Solar and Wind Energy (Time.com)
• Italy doesn't need firewalls, Europe does: Monti (Reuters)
• Egypt's military warns of plots on eve of strike (AP)
• DEA: Mexican governor got millions in drug cash (AP)
• Sudan, S.Sudan sign security pact to defuse tensions (Reuters)
• For China's Xi, near-summit treatment and "Iowa Nice" (Reuters)
• Pension changes likely in 2020-25: Flaherty (Reuters)
• Helpers in a hostile world: the risk of aid work grows (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Greeks Facing Austerity: A Return from Euro to Drachma? (Time.com)
• Why Egypt may not care about losing US aid (The Christian Science Monitor)

Bombings, bombardments kill across Syria (Reuters) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 02:04 PM PST Reuters - Bomb attacks killed at least 28 people in Syria's second city Aleppo on Friday, while Homs endured another day of shelling and a firefight broke out in Damascus, the nearest violence to the centre of the capital in an 11-month uprising.

Asia giants join Iran diplomacy as sanctions hurt trade (Reuters) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 02:55 PM PST Reuters - China said on Friday it would send a senior official to Tehran to discuss Iran's nuclear standoff with the West, and India indicated it would also weigh in, as Asia's two giants seek to head off new sanctions already playing havoc with trade.

Syria draft resolution reaches U.N. assembly after veto (Reuters) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 02:45 PM PST Reuters - Saudi Arabia circulated a draft resolution backing an Arab peace plan for Syria among members of the U.N. General Assembly on Friday after a similar text was vetoed in the Security Council last week by Russia and China, diplomats said.

Insight: Arms and men out of Libya fortify Mali rebellion (Reuters) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 05:15 AM PST Reuters - Equipped with heavy weapons from Muammar Gaddafi's looted arsenals, the Tuareg-led rebels who assaulted the town of Aguelhoc in northern Mali last month overwhelmed the remote garrison.

UK to "robustly" defend Falklands, Argentina seeks U.N. aid (Reuters) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 03:46 PM PST Reuters - London's U.N. ambassador warned Argentina on Friday that Britain would "robustly" defend the Falkland Islands if necessary, but added that his country remained open to bilateral talks with Buenos Aires on any issue except the islands' sovereignty.

European Budgets Cut Back on Green Solar and Wind Energy (Time.com) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 02:00 PM PST Time.com - In Europe, budget tightening has forced governments to cut back on green-energy projects. Can the solar and wind industries survive without hefty subsidies?

Italy doesn't need firewalls, Europe does: Monti (Reuters) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 04:39 PM PST Reuters - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said Rome will not need bailout funds to overcome its debt crisis, but he reiterated that Europe should build large financial firewalls to "impress the market and take the perception of risk away."

Egypt's military warns of plots on eve of strike (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 01:55 PM PST AP - Egypt's military rulers warned Friday that the country faces conspiracies that seek to topple the state and spread chaos, in a message intended to undermine activists who plan to mark the anniversary of President Hosni Mubarak's overthrow with anti-army protests.

DEA: Mexican governor got millions in drug cash (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 04:20 PM PST AP - U.S. drug agents have uncovered evidence that cartel leaders paid millions to the governor of a Mexican border state and other members of Mexico's former ruling party in exchange for political influence, according to a court filing in Texas.

Sudan, S.Sudan sign security pact to defuse tensions (Reuters) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 02:33 PM PST Reuters - Sudan and South Sudan on Friday signed a security agreement which aims to defuse tensions over oil payments which officials had warned could spark a war between the two countries.

For China's Xi, near-summit treatment and "Iowa Nice" (Reuters) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 04:24 PM PST Reuters - From the power centers of Washington to a soybean farm in Iowa and on to sunny Southern California, China's president-in-waiting, Xi Jinping, will sample diverse slices of America during a major visit next week.

Pension changes likely in 2020-25: Flaherty (Reuters) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 09:52 AM PST Reuters - Changes to Canada's Old Age Security pension program will likely come in 2020 or beyond and will involve more than one federal budget, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Friday.

Helpers in a hostile world: the risk of aid work grows (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 07:15 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Aid workers may be an idealistic sort, but they're not naive. They know the risks of crossing oceans or pressing through to remote areas to build tent cities, run feeding stations, or treat the sick in what are by definition the most dangerous and least hospitable corners of the planet.

Greeks Facing Austerity: A Return from Euro to Drachma? (Time.com) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 02:00 PM PST Time.com - Some Greeks speak fondly of the old currency, but almost everyone knows that a return to it would mean immediate poverty -- and the resurrection of a venal kind of politics

Why Egypt may not care about losing US aid (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 10 Feb 2012 05:22 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - A growing number of US officials are warning that Egypt’s insistence on prosecuting at least 16 Americans in a crackdown on pro-democracy organizations will have drastic consequences.

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